If you’ve recently stocked up on seeds for spring and summer gardening, but aren’t quite sure what the best strategy for planting them all is, we’re here to help!
Join us on Instagram Live on Tuesday, April 28, at 4 p.m. for an informative happy hour, with special guest Tim Mountz of Happy Cat Farm. This Kennett Square, PA-based farm was founded in 1991, and specializes in organic heirloom seeds and produce. Tim’s passion and expertise around seed keeping, farming and cooking are infectious, and we can’t wait to introduce him to you!
A bit about Happy Cat Farm, from their website:
The ideas behind Happy Cat Organics, LLC got started about 12 years ago; Tim worked on an organic farm in rolling valleys of Pennsylvania that are framed by the Blue Mountains. Someone passed him a black tomato and told him to eat it, at first he was going to throw it, but reluctantly took a bite. Sun warm both he and the tomato, Tim was transfixed by the sheer epiphany in his mouth and running down his chin. He was hooked. Then in 1996 Tim’s grandfather was killed in a car accident and a huge jar of beans got passed from his very large truck patch to Tim’s weedy attempt at be Elliot Coleman. He grow the beans for a few years, but never knew what He had. Until reading Heirloom Gardening by William Woys Weaver, Tim contacted him, William lived in the suburbs and Tim lived in Philadelphia, He ended up working for him for awhile and learning much more then just about my beans.
Tim and and his wife Amy started growing every heirloom or open pollinated seed they could get their green thumbs on; the more they grow the more they wanted to share these fascinating plants with other people. So started Happy Cat Organics, LLC; named after those little cat statues with one paw raised that you see in the window of Chinese food restaurants.
Come hang out with us at our third Tuesday happy hour this week, on April 28 at 4 p.m. Don’t forget to bring all of your gardening questions for Tim!
- Feature photo: Happy Cat Farm
- Tim Mountz photo: Dish Works
